Felfel, Algerian Pepper Confit, Poivron Confit

There are a wide range of felfel preparations in Algeria. This one is a sweet pepper confit served as a kemia or meze and also as side dish or garnish. It is very rich and flavorful.

My wife bought miniature sweet red peppers she could not find my first choicee of peppers Piemientos de Padron or Piquillo Peppers. There are many other felfel preparations where I can use those once I get my hands on them.

Ingredients:

8-12 miniature sweet peppers. You can use most small types of peppers. If you like piquant peppers like Jalapenos than use them.
8-12 petits poivrons

1/4 cup of pine nuts
1/4 tasse pignons

1 1/2 cup or more of olive oil
1 1/2 tasse ou huile d'olive

2 tablespoons of white vinegar. I used Sadaf brand.
2 cuilleres vinaigre

 

Method:

1) Make an incision in the peppers as shown and stuff with whole pine nuts. I used about 8-10 in each pepper. You can substitute coarsely chopped almonds or walnuts.

2) Cook the peppers over very low heat in the olive oil, turning frequently. This batch took about 20 minutes to cook. They will start to blister and take a light golden color.

3) Very carefully transfer them to a clean glass jar and cover with the cooking oil. If there is not enough olive oil to cover the peppers add more oil.

 

4) Add about 2 tablespoons of white vinegar.

 

5) Seal the jar and let rest at room temperature for at least a day before eating. Sprinkle fresh chopped herbs such as flat leaf parsley or coriander leaf on top and wedges of lemon for service if desired.

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Comments

[Farid Zadi]

oui,je comprends,le but de mon livre sur mon blog et de mettre par ecrit et a disposition de tout le monde toutes les recettes de la cuisine algerienne et celle d'afrique du nord,je sais que cela ve me prendre du temps et je compte sur votre aide et votre soutient pour realiser cet ouvrage.

a tres bientot

[jilal]

On tout les cas farid..le felfel confit se fait comme tout les autres aliments "mettre des vinaigre huile,eau,sel,poivre," tu as deja fait un posting a propos du citron.. reste a dire que le felfel algerien c'est une autre spécialité.. je vise le felfel kabyle biensure.
Amicalement.